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Monotypic taxon:
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Moschidae
Gray, 1821
- musk deer
(mammal)
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Entity:
Bovoidea (Superfamily)
..Bovidae (Family) - antelope, cattle, bison, buffalo, goats, and sheep
..†Sperrgebietomeryx (Genus)
..Moschidae (Family) - musk deer
....†Friburgomeryx (Genus)
....†Hispanomeryx (Genus)
....†Hydropotopsis (Genus)
....†Micromeryx (Genus)
....Moschus (Genus) - musk deer
....†Moschus grandeavus (Species)
....†Oriomeryx (Genus)
....†Pomelomeryx (Genus)
....†Tuscomeryx (Genus)
Authorship
Original name
:
Gray, 1821:307.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Moschinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Type
:
Moschus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
P. Grubb, 2005
: 651.
[inferred]
Variants
Unestablished (clade) name
:
Moschidae
(Clade)
Gray 1821 [Sánchez, Domingo & Morales 2010]
Ref:
I.M. Sánchez et al., 2010
: 1025.
[
new
] [implicit]
Synonyms
In
:
Cervidae
(Family)
Batsch, 1788
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
muskusherten
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
musk deer
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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